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Strength of case against Zimmerman questioned

(CBS News) Now that George Zimmerman is behind bars facing murder charges for shooting Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla. on Feb. 26, there are questions about just how strong a case prosecutors have against him.

Special prosecutor Angela Corey's affidavit outlines her case, saying, Zimmerman "profiled" Martin as a suspicious person, and became the aggressor when he "disregarded the police dispatcher" on this call.

Hornsby told CBS News he thinks Corey's affidavit is more significant for what it leaves out than for what it includes.

"The moment George Zimmerman fired that shot is the key question in this entire case," Hornsby said. "Did he reasonably believe he had to fire that shot to defend himself? And the fact (Corey) completely left that out, begs the question, does she not have any evidence to refute his version of the events?"

A hearing next Friday will determine whether Zimmerman should be freed on bond.

(Jean Casarez, an attorney and correspondent for "In Session" on Tru-TV, discussed the case on CBS This Morning: Saturday." Watch her analysis in the video below.)

Judge Jessica Recksiedler might have to step aside from George Zimmerman's murder case. Her husband works in the same law firm as a CNN legal analyst. Mark O'Mara, Zimmerman's lawyer, will decide next week whether he sees that as a conflict.